tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post7914993904390768521..comments2023-10-11T22:49:40.128-03:00Comments on emerging sideways...: discuss amongst yourselves - part deuxbobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236324338161051924noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post-10514754136263676862007-09-12T09:58:00.000-03:002007-09-12T09:58:00.000-03:00oh, i like the manna idea. Which is part of why so...oh, i like the manna idea. Which is part of why some Catholics go to daily mass every single day, because the Eucharist is the everything, and if you go every day, you get it every day. <BR/><BR/>Ironically, I became a Catholic so I could take Eucharist and I don't really remember those times as "wow, so glad I became a Catholic." Of course, by that point, I wasn't going to daily Mass because I'd moved geographically, etc. <BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed Steve's post--thanks for that, Steve!<BR/><BR/>I had another thought but I truly have lost it. So here are two scattered ones: The whole thing in Isaiah 55 "why do you spend your money on that which is not bread? Come, eat, drink, with out paying." and then Jesus saying to his disciples (was it after he talked to the woman at the well) and he hadn't eaten and he said, doing the will of my Father is what feeds me (huge paraphrase). <BR/><BR/>bobbie, thank you for bringing this up--it is so wonderful connecting with you and others on this thought--this is blogging at its best.<BR/><BR/>One more thought: at the OD, communion was on the 2nd sunday, when we have our community dinner. But this month we had communion on the 1st Sunday (which meant I had it twice, having gone to Bellefield in the morning) but it also brings it back to our community, as so often we bring guests to the community dinner and BJ and others too were thinking--we've invited these people and they don't really understand or get what we're doing with the communion thing. <BR/><BR/>I remember as a non-Catholic watching everyone go up for Eucharist (and one woman with a child on each hip) how I longed to do that. And then I became a Catholic and was a little like Peggy Lee ("Is that all there is?")<BR/><BR/>I like taking communion where people know me by name and say, Sarah Louise, the body of Christ, broken for you. Sarah Louise, the blood of Christ, shed for you. <BR/><BR/>Oh, I know the other thought--you really got me going on this! As one who can't really fast b/c I take meds 4 times a day, the whole thing of not eating an hour before Mass didn't really work for me. (And I know there is a dispensation for folks over a certain age or that take meds, but I am really so much happier being a Presbyterian.)<BR/><BR/>Shalom. I hope your week evens out and you can rest in the midst of your tasks. <BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/><BR/>SLSarah Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251034210962259082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post-54441318291290576722007-09-11T08:58:00.000-03:002007-09-11T08:58:00.000-03:00I sat at my keyboard for a long time, thinking abo...I sat at my keyboard for a long time, thinking about that question. Christ as bread--it reminds me of manna in the desert. Pure, daily, just right to nourish us--and we have taken that and turned it into "Wonder Bread" filling, but without the nourishment.<BR/><BR/>I want manna from Heaven.<BR/><BR/>An impromptu communion service-how perfect is that?Patchoulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08681032095827529717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post-13897407561637572872007-09-10T19:11:00.000-03:002007-09-10T19:11:00.000-03:00One more thought...'Aysh' is the Arabic work for b...One more thought...<BR/><BR/>'Aysh' is the Arabic work for both bread and life.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979627849688965995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post-59637106578127346062007-09-10T18:08:00.000-03:002007-09-10T18:08:00.000-03:00OK, I started to comment, and I got thinking, and ...OK, I started to comment, and I got thinking, and I got writing...<BR/><BR/>...and OK, so it ended up another epistle, instead of a comment. Big damn surprise there, eh?...<BR/><BR/>It's <A HREF="http://ragarambler.blogspot.com/2007/09/thoughts-on-communion-and-jesus-as.html" REL="nofollow">over here</A>, if you've a mind to check it out. Thanks for making me think about it...thanks for bringing up some beautiful memories.Steve F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12697100521186605498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post-64685414841722073162007-09-10T10:40:00.000-03:002007-09-10T10:40:00.000-03:00Hmmm--I bet He Who Knows All was part of the "impr...Hmmm--I bet He Who Knows All was part of the "impromptu" communion as you work through this. I love it when God does stuff like that!! <BR/><BR/>In Jewish tradition, everyday practice is to break the bread before the meal prayer. <BR/><BR/>I can't help but thinking about the holocaust children who were given a piece of bread to hold while they slept--I know you blogged on that a while back and have a book that talks about that. <BR/><BR/>I like Erin's thoughts about Jesus being a brown bread, not sliced. At our church, the bread is broken and then we pull off pieces and dip them in the wine. While not as communal as drinking off the same chalice, it is more communal in my mind than those little plastic cups , and as we each go forward in our own time, it allows us our own comtemplation "space." <BR/><BR/>I think it is good for all of us to consider and contemplate the bread of Life, thank you bobbie for bringing it forward. <BR/><BR/>I hope your week is restful in its busyness--that in moments here and there you can rest in Him. <BR/><BR/>Shalom, my dear sister, shalom!Sarah Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251034210962259082noreply@blogger.com